2008 Scientific Report
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VARI | <strong>2008</strong><br />
Han-Mo Koo Memorial Seminar Series<br />
This seminar series is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Han-Mo Koo, who was a VARI <strong>Scientific</strong> Investigator from 1999 until his<br />
passing in May of 2004.<br />
January 2007<br />
Moses Lee, Hope College<br />
“Regulation of the topoisomerase IIα gene using polyamides that bind to the inverted CCAAT<br />
box present in the promoter”<br />
February<br />
Raj Kumar, University of Texas Medical Branch<br />
“Structure and functions of the steroid receptors”<br />
David Kimelman, University of Washington<br />
“Tales of tails: the importance of Bmp signaling in embryogenesis”<br />
Arthur L. Haas, Louisiana State University<br />
“ISG15 and ubiquitin as antagonistic regulators of cell transformation”<br />
March<br />
S. Stoney Simons, Jr., National Institutes of Health<br />
“A systems biology approach to steroid hormone action: towards a quantitative understanding<br />
of whole cell responses to steroid hormones”<br />
John D. Shaughnessy, Jr., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences<br />
“Using genomics to better understand the biology and clinical course of multiple myeloma”<br />
Melanie H. Cobb, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center<br />
“MAP kinase signaling in pancreatic beta cells”<br />
April<br />
Christopher G. Wood, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center<br />
“Redefining the role of surgery for renal cell carcinoma in the era of targeted therapy”<br />
Jules J. Berman, Writer/consultant<br />
“New trends in biomedical informatics”<br />
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